Surah Adh-Dhaariyat · Ayah 17·Makkī

17

مِّنَ مَا ﴿١٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

They used to sleep but little of the night,

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Tafsīr

No commentary indexed for this ayah yet.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 4 roots in 4 of 6 words

Rarest here: ه-ج-ع — used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 7 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

No tafsīr entry reaches this āyah yet — the interpretive layer covers a pilot, not the whole Book.

Shape

6 words · 24 letters · āyah 17 of 60

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • Quran 59:10 · Al-Hashrclose

    وَٱلَّذِينَ جَآءُو مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا ٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلِإِخْوَٰنِنَا ٱلَّذِينَ سَبَقُونَا بِٱلْإِيمَٰنِ وَلَا تَجْعَلْ فِى قُلُوبِنَا غِلًّا لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ إِنَّكَ رَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    And [there is a share for] those who came after them, saying, "Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in faith and put not in our hearts [any] resentment toward…

  • Quran 15:84 · Al-Hijrclose

    فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

    So nothing availed them [from] what they used to earn.

  • Quran 32:16 · As-Sajdaclose

    تَتَجَافَىٰ جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ ٱلْمَضَاجِعِ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ خَوْفًا وَطَمَعًا وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَٰهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ

    They arise from [their] beds; they supplicate their Lord in fear and aspiration, and from what We have provided them, they spend.

  • Quran 3:17 · Aal-i-Imraanclose

    ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ وَٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ وَٱلْقَٰنِتِينَ وَٱلْمُنفِقِينَ وَٱلْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ بِٱلْأَسْحَارِ

    The patient, the true, the obedient, those who spend [in the way of Allah], and those who seek forgiveness before dawn.

  • Quran 25:64 · Al-Furqaanclose

    وَٱلَّذِينَ يَبِيتُونَ لِرَبِّهِمْ سُجَّدًا وَقِيَٰمًا

    And those who spend [part of] the night to their Lord prostrating and standing [in prayer]

  • Quran 52:18 · At-Turclose

    فَٰكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

    Enjoying what their Lord has given them, and their Lord protected them from the punishment of Hellfire.

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Al-Muzzammil 73:22 shared roots

    قُمِ ٱلَّيْلَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

    ق-ل-لل-ي-ل

  • Al-Muminoon 23:1142 shared roots

    قَٰلَ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا لَّوْ أَنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

    ق-ل-لك-و-ن

  • Ad-Dukhaan 44:32 shared roots

    إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ فِى لَيْلَةٍ مُّبَٰرَكَةٍ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ

    ل-ي-لك-و-ن

  • Al-Anfaal 8:442 shared roots

    وَإِذْ يُرِيكُمُوهُمْ إِذِ ٱلْتَقَيْتُمْ فِىٓ أَعْيُنِكُمْ قَلِيلًا وَيُقَلِّلُكُمْ فِىٓ أَعْيُنِهِمْ لِيَقْضِىَ ٱللَّهُ أَمْرًا كَانَ مَفْعُولًا وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ تُرْجَعُ ٱلْأُمُورُ

    ق-ل-لك-و-ن

  • An-Nahl 16:952 shared roots

    وَلَا تَشْتَرُوا۟ بِعَهْدِ ٱللَّهِ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا إِنَّمَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

    ق-ل-لك-و-ن

  • Fussilat 41:372 shared roots

    وَمِنْ ءَايَٰتِهِ ٱلَّيْلُ وَٱلنَّهَارُ وَٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ لَا تَسْجُدُوا۟ لِلشَّمْسِ وَلَا لِلْقَمَرِ وَٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَهُنَّ إِن كُنتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ

    ل-ي-لك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 51:17?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 51:17 include Quran 59:10 (Surah Al-Hashr), Quran 15:84 (Surah Al-Hijr), Quran 32:16 (Surah As-Sajda), and Quran 3:17 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan). For example, 59:10 reads: “And [there is a share for] those who came after them, saying, "Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in faith and put not in our hearts [any] resentment toward…” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 51:17 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 51:17 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat, The Winnowing Winds) reads: “They used to sleep but little of the night,”

Which surah is verse 51:17 in?

Quran 51:17 is āyah 17 of Surah Adh-Dhaariyat (The Winnowing Winds), chapter 51 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 60 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 51:17?

Tartīl presents Quran 51:17 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.